Look for the Helpers

While reading about the terrorist attack in Manchester, England yesterday, I found a story in USAToday about Fred Rogers.  "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" was a children's show that aired from 1963-1976 and from 1978-2001.  What caught my attention was a quote from Mr. Rogers:

This advice is something Fred Rogers was offering at least as far back as 1986, when he wrote in a syndicated newspaper column that:

I was spared from any great disasters when I was little, but there was plenty of news of them in newspapers and on the radio, and there were graphic images of them in newsreels.
For me, as for all children, the world could have come to seem a scary place to live. But I felt secure with my parents, and they let me know that we were safely together whenever I showed concern about accounts of alarming events in the world.
There was something else my mother did that I’ve always remembered: “Always look for the helpers,” she’d tell me. “There’s always someone who is trying to help.” I did, and I came to see that the world is full of doctors and nurses, police and firemen, volunteers, neighbors and friends who are ready to jump in to help when things go wrong.

This is wonderful advice. In this troubled world, look for the helpers.  Whenever possible, join the helpers.  And if you can't find one - BE the helper!